Talk:Lotto Super 7
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The prize structure must be wrong. How can 5/7 numbers pay more than 6/7 numbers? A decimal point got lost - I've seen this on other sites (sympatico's lottery information) so it a copying error.
- The figures are correct. Remember that this represents the share of the pool received by these winners. There are far more people who get 5/7 numbers than 6/7 (ratio is approximately 60:1), so the individual payouts are roughly 60:1 in favour of those who chose more correct numbers.
- For example, assuming a $20 million pool and 10 million tickets sold (and with winners exactly matching the probabilities listed), we get:
Match | Prize | Prize share | Odds of Winning | # winners | Individual share |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/7 | Jackpot (Share of 73% of Pools Fund) | $14.6 million | 1 in 62,891,499 | 1 or 0 | as applicable |
6/7 | Share of 5% of Pools Fund | $1 million | 1 in 8,984,649 | 1 | $1 million |
6/7 | Share of 5% of Pools Fund | $1 million | 1 in 230,373 | 43 | $23256 |
5/7 | Share of 17% of Pools Fund | $3.4 million | 1 in 3,840 | 2604 | $1305 |
4/7 | $10.00 | $550,060 | 1 in 181.8 | 55006 | $10 |
3/7 | $10.00 | $508,910 | 1 in 196.5 | 50891 | $10 |
3/7 | Free Play | N/A | 1 in 21.9 | 456621 | N/A |
- Does this clarify things? Mindmatrix 17:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Seven-number lottery games, outside of "keno", usually don't seem popular. Why not a powerball/Mega Millions-type game in Canada? I think it would go over well, especially if matching only the "mega ball" wins a prize. 207.210.134.83 (talk) 15:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
"Drawn every Friday night, it has become a staple of Canadian lottery players." This statement seems pretty POV. What does "staple" mean? Also I could have sworn that there was info on this page that stated how the numbers are picked. That info seems to be gone. Anyone know why?174.6.130.25 (talk) 11:16, 21 June 2009 (UTC)BeeCier